Six Bouchercons, plus what I'll do at a seventh
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| Relaxation after the convention. |
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| Shamus Awards dinner, Albany, N.Y., 2013. I left the gun. I took a picture of the cannoli. |
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| Wandering bridesmaids, Indianapolis, 2009. |
In the meantime, here's an idea of what Bouchercons are like. See you in Long Beach.
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| Straggling to the annual festive post-Bouchercon dinner, St. Louis, 2011. |
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| Waitress guest of honor, Albany, 2013. |
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| Bouchercon 2009, where I had so much fun hanging with smokers from many lands that I wanted to start smoking. Never too late, I figure. |
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| San Francisco, 2010. |
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| Looking up in Cleveland, 2012. |
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| Festive dinner after my first Bouchercon, Baltimore, 2008. |
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| My peeps: From left, Ali Karim, R.J. Ellory, your humble blog keeper, Albany, 2013. |
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| The view from my Albany hotel, 2013. |
posted by Peter Rozovsky at 1:17 PM
19 Comments:
Peter, you're making me think I'm not going to be able to keep up the pace.
Knock 'em dead!
Seana's, that's what work is for. It's a place to recover from conventions. This year is a test, though. I don't think I've ever attended two conventions so close together. But life is about meeting challenges.
Thanks, RT. This is my favorite time of year.
As a matter of fact, I'm so antsy with the lull between Noircon and Bouchercon that I'm going to New York tomorrow for the U.S. launch of Belfast Noir.
Tip a few Harp's while you are there.
By the way, I just finished Sleep With Strangers yesterday and I loved it. I wish everyone could read it before heading to Long Beach just to steep in the history a little. Thanks for the heads up.
I plan to mention some of the book's Long Beach references and descriptions. Dorpthy B. Hughes also invokes Long Beach, as does, on our own time, Gary Phillips, who will also be part of one of my panels, not to mention Paul Cain in Fast One.
Hitchens reminds me a fair bit of Hughes, although I'm remembering more Southwestern settings with her--it's been a long time since I read most of them. I haven't read Phillips yet.
I think they're both pretty high on Sarah Weinman's list. The Weinman-edited collection pictured at lower left in the photo above includes a story by Hughes, and I think the volumes Sarah is editing for the Library of America may include one of Hitchens' novels.
Sarah also got me reading Helen Nielsen, who is included in the story collection.
I think I've heard Neilsen's name, but I don't think I've read her.
I read Obit Delayed and was impressed. She'll be high on my post-Bouchercon reading list.
Yes, pre-Bouchercon and post-Bouchercon has been a little hard for me to determine lately, but I'm particularly glad I read the Hitchens.
Time is divided into Bouchercon and inter-Bouchercon, except in even-numbered years, which include Noircon. Did you pick up Hitchens because of Bouchercon and the Long Beach connection?
Well, I became interested in Signal Hill a couple of years ago when my sister pointed out that we had a tiny oil lease there. And then your mention of it plus the fact that I would be visiting Long Beach specifically rather than just viewing it as a part of the greater L.A. sprawl made the book especially intriguing.
Signal Hill...Chandler...It all comes together. Makes one wonder why no Bouchercon has been held in Long Beach until now. At least, i think this is the first.
....lurve it and the Recollections of True Detective Peter Rozovsky because I remember you well, from that Chelsea Hotel, and looking forward to hooking up with the crazy Canadian cop, ex-RCMP and now with the Philly PD, and in charge of their Canine Unit, sniffer dogs and cat mysteries - but in his spare time, he's a noir guy and does a wonderful impersonation of Dr Strangebiff
The Chelsea Hotel does not officially exist, but we know better.
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